Logitech Z-5500 Digital Soundroom

[DanishDevil]

You're fine. The only point of that cover was to keep dust out and to keep the red light from shining. It's not going to kill anything. If you feel like the sound quality degrades, put some light compressed air to it.

 

[techguy31]

You're fine. The only point of that cover was to keep dust out and to keep the red light from shining. It's not going to kill anything. If you feel like the sound quality degrades, put some light compressed air to it.

Thx, but how do u put light compressed air?

 

[Mussels]

Thx, but how do u put light compressed air?

dont try and empty the whole can in there at once.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Getting a new TV. With HDMI in and optical out to the Z-5500's the audio input from HDMI will be heard on the Z-5500's?

 

[DanishDevil]

Yes sir!

 

[Mussels]

Getting a new TV. With HDMI in and optical out to the Z-5500's the audio input from HDMI will be heard on the Z-5500's?

unfortunately, only in stereo

while it SHOULD work in theory, last i heard the HDMI specs dont allow it to help prevent piracy.

you can get devices that split HDMI audio back to SPDIF optical, you'll need one of those.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Argh another example of basic functionality being hampered as a business and not a technological reason! :shadedshu

 

[Mussels]

Argh another example of basic functionality being hampered as a business and not a technological reason! :shadedshu

i know, i fell into the same trap.. samsung say it works, but after extensive googling i found out its a HDMI limiation.

if you watch TV, the 5.1 source gets passed through - but it only passes out stereo, from external inputs.


when display port eventually takes over, this shit will go away >.<

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Oh ffs. This pisses me off. Sooo how does a regular home theater audio setup work/differ then? Is something done by the receiver?

 

[Mussels]

Oh ffs. This pisses me off. Sooo how does a regular home theater audio setup work/differ then? Is something done by the receiver?

you're SUPPOSED to have a HDMI input on the receiver, and then from the receiver to the TV and speakers.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

/loud heavy sigh

 

[Mussels]

yeah i know, its a pain in the ass.

what i've done is ran a 15 meter HDMI cable between rooms from media PC to the TV, and a coax cable along with it for the z5500's - toslink was too expensive for such distance.

 

[cowsin]

Hi I'm planning on getting the z5500s but I was wondering is it possible to connect it to my laptop? I know theres usb sound cards that offers 5.1 but would that make the quality worse depending on the card?
I'm also trying to connect it to my tv xbox and ps3 which all have optical outputs and I'm wondering how would that work out.

 

[Mussels]

Hi I'm planning on getting the z5500s but I was wondering is it possible to connect it to my laptop? I know theres usb sound cards that offers 5.1 but would that make the quality worse depending on the card?
I'm also trying to connect it to my tv xbox and ps3 which all have optical outputs and I'm wondering how would that work out.

answering in reverse order:

z5500 only has one optical input, so you'd either be swapping cables, or buying a switching device for that.

be careful with USB soundcards, most of the '5.1' models are really only 2.0 - they just fake the 5.1 sound, which will NOT help you at all. Make sure it has 3 outputs for audio, and you'll be fine.

 

[cowsin]

would there be any difference from getting
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3840926&Sku=C44-3382
as compared to a spdif to optical adapter?

 

[Mussels]

would there be any difference from getting
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3840926&Sku=C44-3382
as compared to a spdif to optical adapter?

thats a USB soundcard with the right amount of outputs (even if left and right channels have the wrong kind of connector, and will need adaptors - it comes with the neccesary adaptor included)


as for SPDIF to optical... say that again?

SPDIF is the signal transmitted on optical or coax, so what adaptor are we talking about? turning what to what?

 

[cowsin]

i mean something like this http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/3517/0830.toslink_5F00_.jpg

 

[Mussels]

i mean something like this http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/3517/0830.toslink_5F00_.jpg

i beleive those are specific to certain soundcards, where they make the one port do two functions. thats not going to work on regular hardware.

 

[cowsin]

oh alright then thank for your help
I'll prob get the usb sound card sometime this week then look around for a set of z5500s
Price for them is still high for being 5-6 years old...

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Yeah. I'm no audio market expert but I'd say mainly cause they're good and nothing else has come out that really competes price/performance.

 

[TheGuruStud]

Great. Left front channel is blown for no reason at all other than turning off the unit to move it and power back on. Thanks logitech.

This is why I never turn anything off, ever.

 

[Wrigleyvillain]

Dude that's odd. Im sure you've rechecked the connections but recheck them again. And any speaker?

 

[TheGuruStud]

Dude that's odd. Im sure you've rechecked the connections but recheck them again. And any speaker?

Yeah, it's that channel only. I didn't hook anything up with it turned on or anything.

I guess I'll buy a real receiver.

Edit: Weirder yet, the static continues no matter if the volume is all the way down, but if I press mute, then it's silent. WTF?

 

[MoonPig]

Quick question.

Will i notice if im not aligned perfectly in the middle of my FR, Middle and FL?

Looking at getting some of these, but i'd have to mount them differently.

 

[Mussels]

Quick question.

Will i notice if im not aligned perfectly in the middle of my FR, Middle and FL?

Looking at getting some of these, but i'd have to mount them differently.

not a huge amount, no.

you focus the speakers in to get the 'sweet spot' where it surrounds you and no speaker sounds louder than the others, but thats easily adjusted by turning the speakers towards/away from you.